Never Give In! : The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

by Churchill, Winston S.

• ISBN13: 9781401300562
• ISBN10: 1401300561
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Hyperion

Summary

inston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time. It was as an orator that Churchill became most completely alive, and it was through his oratory that his words made their greatest and most enduring impact. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here for the first time, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favorite speeches in a single, indispensable volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output and thoughtfully introduces each selection. The book covers the whole of Churchill's life, from the very first speech he made to those of his last days. It includes some of Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never before been published in popular form. Today, Sir Winston Churchill is revered as an indomitable figure and his wisdom is called upon again and again. Reading these speeches, from the perspective of a new century, we can once again see Sir Winston Churchill's genius and be moved and inspired by his words.

Author Biography

The grandson of the former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill is an author whose books include the best-selling Six Days of War; journalist; former war correspondent; and was a member of the British Parliament from 1970-1997.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Editor's Preface	p. xxi
Young Statesman 1897-1915
First political speech: 'The dried up drain-pipe of Radicalism', 26 July 1897, Bath	p. 3
'Escape!', 23 December 1899, Durban, South Africa	p. 5
'The anniversary of my escape', 13 December 1900, New York	p. 7
Maiden speech: 'A certain splendid memory', 18 February 1901, House of Commons	p. 8
Lifting again the 'tattered flag', 13 May 1901, House of Commons	p. 10
'An age of great events and little men', 21 November 1901, Liverpool	p. 12
'A navy ... to preserve the peace of the world', 17 January 1903, Oldham	p. 13
'The mere washpot of plutocracy', 4 June 1904, Alexandra Palace, London	p. 15
'For free trade', 16 June 1904, Cheetham Hill, Manchester	p. 17
'Dear food for the millions', 13 May 1905, Manchester	p. 19
'British hospitality', 9 October 1905, Cheetham Hill, Manchester	p. 20
'No more garters for dukes', 14 December 1905, Manchester	p. 21
'The gift of England', 31 July 1906, House of Commons	p. 22
'The cause of the left-out millions', 11 October 1906, Glasgow	p. 23
George Bernard Shaw: 'A volcano', 22 October 1906, Free Trade Hall, Manchester	p. 26
'My African journey', 18 January 1908, National Liberal Club, London	p. 26
Socialism: 'All yours is mine!', 22 January 1908, Cheetham, Manchester	p. 27
The pen: 'Liberator of man and of nations', 17 February 1908, London	p. 29
'What is society?', 4 May 1908, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee	p. 31
'I am the Board of Trade', 4 February 1909, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	p. 32
The Budget: 'Cannot afford to live or die', 22 May 1909, Manchester	p. 33
'A violent rupture of constitutional custom', 4 September 1909, Leicester	p. 34
'The most ancient and the most glorious monarchy', 4 December 1909, Southport	p. 36
'The upkeep of the aristocracy', 17 December 1909, Burnley, Lancs	p. 37
'For soldiers to fire on the people ...', 7 February 1911, House of Commons	p. 39
Unemployment insurance, 22 May 1911, House of Commons	p. 41
National rail strike, 22 August 1911, House of Commons	p. 43
'The maintenance of naval supremacy', 9 November 1911, Guildhall, London	p. 45
'Why should not Ireland have her chance?', 8 February 1912, Belfast	p. 47
'An age of incipient violence', 18 March 1912, House of Commons	p. 50
'Air power', 10 November 1913, Guildhall, London	p. 54
'Unconquerable and incomparable', 4 March 1914, London	p. 55
'The world is armed as it was never armed before', 17 March 1914, House of Commons	p. 56
'The war will be long and sombre', 11 September 1914, London	p. 58
The Dardanelles, 5 June 1915, Dundee	p. 61
'Take Constantinople!', 15 November 1915, House of Commons	p. 64
Oblivion and Redemption 1916-29
'The hardest of tests', 23 May 1916, House of Commons	p. 69
'Grappling with the most terrible foe', 31 May 1916, House of Commons	p. 70
'Perils, sorrows and sufferings', 10 December 1917, Bedford	p. 74
'The war is won!', 16 December 1918, Connaught Rooms, London	p. 75
'Bolshevist atrocities', 11 April 1919, Connaught Rooms, London	p. 77
Farewell to 'the beer of Old England', 18 July 1919, London	p. 78
'The Jews should have a National Home', 31 March 1921, Jerusalem	p. 79
Lenin, 8 June 1921, Manchester	p. 80
'The culture and glories of the Arab race', 14 June 1921, House of Commons	p. 82
'The dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone', 16 February 1922, House of Commons	p. 85
Conservative once more, 16 September 1925, Birmingham	p. 85
'The follies of Socialism', 11 December 1925, Battersea	p. 89
'Artful Dodger!', 22 April 1926, House of Commons	p. 90
'The blushing Liberal bride', 22 October 1928, Chingford	p. 91
'A disarmament fable', 24 October 1928, Aldersbrook	p. 92
The Wilderness Years 1930-39
'A seditious Middle Temple lawyer', 23 February 1931, Epping	p. 97
'Abandoning India', 18 March 1931, Royal Albert Hall, London	p. 97
Prohibition, November/December 1931, Lecture Tour of the United States	p. 99
'Bands of sturdy Teutonic youths', 23 November 1932, House of Commons	p. 100
'Pontifical, anonymous mugwumpery', 22 February 1933, House of Commons	p. 102
'England', 24 April 1933, Royal Society of St George, London	p. 103
'Wars come very suddenly', 7 February 1934, House of Commons	p. 105
'Germany is arming', 8 March 1934, House of Commons	p. 107
'We lie within ... striking distance', 16 November 1934, Broadcast, London	p. 109
'A corridor of deepening and darkening danger', 31 May 1935, House of Commons	p. 111
'You have unsettled everything ...', 5 June 1935, House of Commons	p. 115
'I am a Treaty man', 10 July 1935, House of Commons	p. 117
'Naval security', 24 July 1935, Harlow	p. 119
'Abyssinia has been invaded', 8 October 1935, Chingford	p. 119
'Nazidom ... with all its hatreds', 24 October 1935, House of Commons	p. 121
'Germany ... fears no one', March 1936, House of Commons	p. 124
The Jews: 'Their blood and race', 24 March 1936, House of Commons	p. 128
'Great hammers descending day and night', 26 March 1936, House of Commons	p. 130
'Hitler has torn up the treaties', 6 April 1936, House of Commons	p. 133
'Thank God for the French Army', 24 September 1936, Paris	p. 135
Lawrence of Arabia, 3 October 1936, Oxford	p. 139
'The locust years', 12 November 1936, House of Commons	p. 142
'Approaching the most dangerous moment', 25 November 1936, London	p. 154
'The abdication of King Edward VIII', 10 December 1936, House of Commons	p. 156
Rudyard Kipling, 17 November 1937, Grosvenor House, London	p. 158
Austria annexed, 14 March 1938, House of Commons	p. 159
'I have watched this famous island ...', 24 March 1938, House of Commons	p. 163
'The sentinel towers of the Western approaches', 5 May 1938, House of Commons	p. 167
'Save mankind from martyrdom', 26 September 1938, London	p. 170
'A total and unmitigated defeat', 5 October 1938, House of Commons	p. 171
'The lights are going out', 16 October 1938, Broadcast to US, London	p. 182
'The bitter fruits of Munich', 14 March 1939, Waltham Abbey	p. 185
'The surge of unity and of duty', 20 April 1939, Canada Club, London	p. 187
'Repudiation of the Balfour Declaration', 23 May 1939, House of Commons	p. 188
'A hush over Europe', 8 August 1939, Broadcast to US, London	p. 191
The Glory Years 1939-45
War, 3 September 1939, House of Commons	p. 197
Russia: 'A riddle, wrapped in a mystery', 1 October 1939, Broadcast, London	p. 199
'The Navy's here!', 23 February 1940, Guildhall, London	p. 201
'Blood, toil, tears and sweat', 13 May 1940, House of Commons	p. 204
'Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour!', 19 May 1940, Broadcast, London	p. 206
'Wars are not won by evacuations', 4 June 1940, House of Commons	p. 210
'The news from France is very bad', 17 June 1940, Broadcast, London	p. 218
'This was their finest hour', 18 June 1940, House of Commons	p. 219
Destruction of the French Fleet, 4 July 1940, House of Commons	p. 229
'The War of the Unknown Warriors', 14 July 1940, Broadcast, London	p. 234
'The Few', 20 August 1940, House of Commons	p. 237
Fifty American destroyers, 5 September 1940, House of Commons	p. 249
'These cruel, wanton ... bombings', 11 September 1940, Broadcast, London	p. 250
'We will all go down fighting to the end', 17 September 1940, House of Commons	p. 253
'We can take it!' 8 October 1940, House of Commons	p. 255
'Dieu protege la France', 21 October 1940, Broadcast, London	p. 257
'Give us the tools', 9 February 1941, Broadcast, London	p. 259
'This Battle of the Atlantic', 18 March 1941, Pilgrims' Society, London	p. 262
Yugoslavia invaded, 9 April 1941, House of Commons	p. 265
'Westward look, the land is bright', 27 April 1941, Broadcast, London	p. 266
Vote of Confidence, 7 May 1941, House of Commons	p. 275
'The Bismarck is sunk!', 27 May 1941, House of Commons	p. 281
'Our solid, stubborn strength', 12 June 1941, London	p. 283
'The Old Lion', 16 June 1941, Broadcast, London	p. 286
Alliance with Russia, 22 June 1941, Broadcast, London	p. 289
'The grit and stamina of Londoners', 14 July 1941, County Hall, London	p. 294
The Atlantic Charter, 24 August 1941, Broadcast, London	p. 297
'We are still captain of our souls', 9 September 1941, House of Commons	p. 305
'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School	p. 306
The Lend-Lease Bill, 10 November 1941, Mansion House, London	p. 308
War with Japan, 8 December 1941, House of Commons	p. 313
Joint Session of Congress, 26 December 1941, Washington, DC	p. 315
'Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa	p. 323
'I demand a Vote of Confidence', 27 January 1942, House of Commons	p. 324
'Singapore has fallen', 15 February 1942, Broadcast, London	p. 329
Prime Minister for two years, 10 May 1942, Broadcast, London	p. 330
Motion of Censure, 2 July 1942, House of Commons	p. 339
'The bright gleam of victory', 10 November 1942, Mansion House, London	p. 341
'The frontiers of deliverance', 29 November 1942, World Broadcast, London	p. 344
'The Desert Army', 3 February 1943, Tripoli	p. 345
Tribute to Montgomery and Alexander, 11 February 1943, House of Commons	p. 349
'Heavier work lies ahead', 19 May 1943, Congress, Washington, DC	p. 350
'We expect no reward', 30 June 1943, Guildhall, London	p. 355
'The gift of a common tongue', 6 September 1943, Harvard, Boston	p. 356
'A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons	p. 358
'The hour of our greatest effort', 26 March 1944, Broadcast, London	p. 361
D-Day, 6 June 1944, House of Commons	p. 362
'The price in blood ... for the soil of France', 28 September 1944, House of Commons	p. 363
'Democracy is no harlot', 8 December 1944, House of Commons	p. 369
'We demand unconditional surrender', 18 January 1945, House of Commons	p. 370
'Greece forever!', 14 February 1945, Constitution Square, Athens	p. 372
The Yalta Conference, 27 February 1945, House of Commons	p. 373
Lloyd George, 28 March 1945, House of Commons	p. 378
President Roosevelt, 17 April 1945, House of Commons	p. 382
'No words can ever express the horror', 19 April 1945, House of Commons	p. 386
Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945, House of Commons and Broadcast, London	p. 387
'This is your victory', 8 May 1945, Ministry of Health, London	p. 390
'Forward, till the whole task is done', 13 May 1945, Broadcast, London	p. 392
Back to party politics, 4 June 1945, Broadcast, London	p. 395
General Eisenhower, 12 June 1945, Mansion House, London	p. 398
'Dear Desert Rats', 21 July 1945, Winston Club, Berlin	p. 400
Resignation, 26 July 1945, 10 Downing Street	p. 401
The Sunset Years 1945-63
The atomic bomb, 6 August 1945, 10 Downing Street	p. 405
Surrender of Japan, 15 August 1945, House of Commons	p. 407
'Government of the people', 16 August 1945, House of Commons	p. 409
Alamein, 25 October 1945, Royal Albert Hall, London	p. 410
'We did not flinch', 31 October 1945, Harrow School	p. 411
'The unnecessary war', 16 November 1945, Belgian Parliament, Brussels	p. 411
'An Iron Curtain has descended', 5 March 1946, Fulton, Missouri	p. 413
'The tragedy of Europe', 9 May 1946, The Hague, Holland	p. 424
Palestine, 1 August 1946, House of Commons	p. 425
A 'United States of Europe', 19 September 1946, Zurich, Switzerland	p. 427
'A property-owning democracy', 5 October 1946, Blackpool	p. 431
The Communist menace, 24 October 1946, Loughton	p. 433
Palestine: 'Blood and shame', 31 January 1947, House of Commons	p. 434
'United Europe', 14 May 1947, Royal Albert Hall, London	p. 436
The rights of the British, 4 October 1947, Brighton	p. 444
'Shabby moneylenders!', 28 October 1947, House of Commons	p. 445
'Socialism is the philosophy of failure', 28 May 1948, Perth	p. 446
'When they get the atomic bomb', 9 October 1948, Llandudno, Wales	p. 447
The North Atlantic Treaty, 12 May 1949, House of Commons	p. 449
The Berlin Airlift, 21 July 1949, House of Commons	p. 451
'Prenez-garde! Je vais parler en francais', 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France	p. 451
'Watch out! I am going to speak in French' (translation), 12 August 1949, Strasbourg, France	p. 452
'English literature is a glorious inheritance', 2 November 1949, London	p. 453
'Our Socialist masters', 9 February 1950, Devonport	p. 453
'An experiment in freedom', 18 May 1950, Edinburgh	p. 462
'This century of tragedy and storm', 4 July 1950, Dorchester Hotel, London	p. 462
'Renewing the glory of our island home', 21 July 1951, Woodford	p. 465
'Regain our independence', 23 October 1951, Plymouth	p. 469
'The valiant champion of freedom', 9 November 1951, Guildhall, London	p. 471
'We must not lose hope!', 17 January 1952, Congress, Washington, DC	p. 473
King George VI, 7 February 1952, Broadcast, London	p. 476
'The treacherous trap-door', 11 June 1952, Savoy Hotel, London	p. 479
'The spirit of England', 23 April 1953, London, and Broadcast	p. 482
'The Crown and Parliament', 27 May 1953, St Stephen's, Westminster	p. 483
'Supreme catastrophe', 3 November 1953, House of Commons	p. 485
'A calmer and kindlier age', 9 November 1954, Guildhall, London	p. 487
'The nation ... had the lion-heart', 30 November 1954, Westminster Hall	p. 488
'Never despair!', 1 March 1955, House of Commons	p. 491
'The Queen!', 4 April 1955, 10 Downing Street	p. 498
'Let us go boldly forward', 21 June 1955, Guildhall, London	p. 499
Honorary US Citizenship, 9 April 1963, The White House, Washington, DC	p. 501
The Churchill Center and Societies	p. 505
Index	p. 507
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